Children's Health Research Institute
Are you a rising high school senior who has always dreamed of being a pediatrician? This paid summer program is a fantastic way to be exposed to the exciting world of medicine alongside college students and first-year medical students.
The Department of Pediatrics (at the Colorado Children’s Hospital) offers summer research opportunities for rising high school seniors, college students and first-year medical students. Students will work in the lab with members of the Department of Pediatrics faculty at Children's Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado on the Anschutz Medical Campus.
The summer program will introduce students to research opportunities related to child health. The summer internships will include opportunities for students to participate in a lecture research series as well as present their research at the completion of the summer internship.
Note: this program runs 8 weeks and pays a $3,500 stipend.
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